Button-fastener.



` c. A. GoozEv.

BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19l 1917.

1 ,237,326 Patented Aug. 21, l1917'.

@f /9 l s iid/O E\ 2] /Z f3 GRS CHARLES A; Gooi/:Ergorrnoyiijnncnnnenn istnnn. Assisnenro 7,3. Ansar-Lon CQMPANY? inc.,or.rnoyrnnnenBrione istante, aheonronarron erk ,iaHoDn flbaZZfM/JLO/liz t may concern."V c i l Bel it known that I, ,CHAnrgnsA ,'Grkoolzin,L

a citizen oithe ylflnited, States,L and residejnnwv bodlin. l

isa yiewpshowing a modifiedk giornik ofbodkin, where thevfendiis turned of the ,city of Proyidenedin the countybt iiorideneeand Stateoil Rhodeilsland, have .nnentedy certain ,ne-W and useful Imprfoueff ments in fButton-Fasteners, of', `Whiehthe j: y l

pproylding-the crook neckasthat :illustrated y :following is ay specification.y

This yinvention rela-tes toasteners buttons 7more particularly orshirtjstud butf 1 tons and the like,andthis inyentionhas for i .its object; to provide bodkinlwhich is'slidably mounted in ytheeye of theflnittonshank,yk 4 l.; `piece of wireassplit andv itsarrns sepa? i c said hod'kin comprising two, spaced aparty y resilient arnis provided with aredu'ced neel;` portion` whereby tliebodkininay begfrictioin ally andreleasably reta-ined inthe middle of the bodlrin landthe kend. ,of .the bodlin h tu ined; at substantially a 4right.angle tothe axis ofther bodythereof, whereby L.itniay be slid through thekr eye toi theA `end and their` swing, down substantially in ,line with the` 1 shank of; the buttonto beurreadily passed;

Thi inventionfurther consistsl in the pro visionnfabodkinfot the class described heme y ing one end offset out ofllineyvith its body,` pertionandthen turned backat;V substan-` tial`r aright angle'to the aXisQthe. "bedy4 ther( providin al crook neck ,whereby the bodk r may be swnngdown `in direct aline `nient with tlielaxis ofltheshank so as "to reducefto the inininiuin theA t'rictionalresisb y N 3fwhichfisfthe,essential 'feature'of this in'- l 4kvention"inhay be varied somewhat to `suit con* (jlitionsandrequirements.k One eonstruction-V is toeinploy'ajlength ofwiresplit longitin y dinally throughsits IIniddleat 14Ine`arly ther y y y lengthnthereoh'f leaving integral portions aty ance of drawing the bijdkin throughla sti'll-l cned buttenholeyat thepoint Where t ,een-,1 nests to the eye of the button;shank. l

.A `:tuithery object of the'hinvention "is `to turn both ends of the lbodkiny foil atvanr angle to the axis thereofgwhereby y,the-bod! hin maybe operated from either of its ends.v

l lith` these andother objectsiu ,View thegl invention consists of certain vnoyel f features: I oit construction, as will beinore fully `de-y scribed, 'and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims. v i: In `the accompanying drawings: y Figure isa side elevation s howingthe bedltin as locatedy inthe eye ot the shank f and settatright angles to theshanlz. p y Fig. 2- shows the bodkin as having been slid through the eyeto the `end thereotl and then turned downin line with the shankv Fig. 3%: is the saine as Fig. 2 but turned Fig@ 'fof i, 21, i" i Figi r-showsa bodhiniforined by b'endv resilient spaced apart arins `Withr ai'reduced 4neck portion, the ends ofthe Wire? being, connected together by a-`pointed head ,mein-,l

n Referfingrto the drawings, 1Q designates thel'nitton head which may be .formed-of kany Spec'ietinof Leners raienty raient-ed Aug; 21, i917. @Appiicanh medrebruary 1,9, l1917.fsaiaiiaa149,455. y

forni ofy resilient arms andthe reduced yneck portion nat right to the axis 4Athereof without in Eigsi and 2. i

, at 5 0 theretovshowing the spaced` apartjj` near the iniddle,ofjthehliody ofthe f sfo v Fig. 5"` showsthelbodkinlas haying both its opposite, 4endsturned ,atsnbstantially a l rated and theny i,co,ntracted substantially p. at 'c itsriniddle.,pertionlto` forni, a reducedV neck. w l 7x0 suitableshall Ois'ize andy of any suitable lnateriahthat shovynf being more particuj f ilarlyQdesignedior nseas a stud buttonto, f bev Woi'nin `shirt ,i1-entsy andthe like, this button being provided with a shaaihineniber g ,1l having an eye .12 termed therein.v i i Q The jcon'struetin ofL the Abodkin ,member either end,` then separating'these split p0rtionsfforiningztworresilient, armsl which',

j The middle portion 16 of this bodkin is reduced forming Aa narrow neck or recess into which the Wire of the shank eye will` snap 'and be releasably retained to hold vthe bodkineentrally across the back of ythe button. Rather sharp shoulders y17 are formed on one side of this notch or neck so as to prevent `the vbodkin from being readily `ioreed throughv in this direct-ien.v The end body portion thereof asv at-23, see Fig. 5, so thatftheA same maybe operated fromk of the bodkin-which-is .provided with the abrupt shoulders 17. is provided/with.,A a piercing head 18 sharpened to be readily forced through the button-,hole of the starched shirt front. i' y Theopposite end of this bodkln is preferably offset as at19 out of line with the axis of the body portion then turned back asv at` 20- at substantially a right angleto .the

axis ofV this body portion and is provided with an enlarged head 21whereby thi'sfbod- `kin may be swungdown in line with the plane' of the shank 11 i. and the axislof the body portion willhan@ Asubstantially in line with ythe v longitudina axis through thel shank. N

Byt the oifsettingof this portion 19Y it will be seen that a` nicelyv rounding, tapering or wedging effect is produced whereby the lips of the button-hole: are readily opened or forced apart to permit the shank iportion of the button to enter thereinto.

I donot wish to belim'ited tothe offset-y ting of this end portion,as in some instances the end of the bodkin may be turned off Sat an angle tothe body'fportion thereof as atl 22 Without first offsetting the'same fromv the plane of the body portion, as best illustrated in Fig. 4; i Then again' in some instances it `is foundy desirable to turn both of the oppo?.

siteends of the bodkin `at an-'angleto the be bent upon itselfin` the desired form as:

illustrated in Fig. ,8.

,I have illustrated a`,numb.er of `means whereby` myy invention may bev carried out, but I donot wishto limit myselfton any of these specific constructions as various changes infform and ,shape 1nay'b`e,necessary, but Idesire it tobe understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to. which thedevice is,

susceptible, the invention being definedv by theiappended claims.

I claim:

1. In c a ,button fastener, a bodkin coniprising two spaced apart resilient arms adapted to be passed frictionallythrough the eyeefiofia button shank, said arms provided with a reduced neck portion near the middle v,portion of the bodkin, one end of the bodkin being turned at an ai'igleto the body! portion whereby it may be swung ydown substantially in line with the button shank.

2. In a button fastener, aV bodkin com-l prising l'two spaced apartv resilient ,armsv adapted to bepassed frictionally through the eye offabutton shank, and arms provided with va reduced neck portion near the -middle portion of the bodkin,one end of the bodkinbeing bentfoif 4'at an yangle to the axisofy its bodyj portion and provided with a head'fwhichupon vengagingy the kbutton shankde'termines the relative axial alinement/fof the bodkin' and limits vits swinging ymovement, inone direction. t

3. In a button fastener, -a bodkin adapted i' `to pass Africtionally throughthe eye of al button-shank, a reduced neck portion near thefmiddle of thebodkin, oneend of said bodkin being irstoffset out .of line with the bodyf-th'ereof -and then turned yat substan-` tially a right `angle tothe axis of the body whereby the bodkin mayy be swung down substantially in line with the button shank.yk

4.-In la button fastener, 4a bodkin formed l' of a wire whose body is splitlongitudinally for a portion of itsilength: and the split por?v tion 1separatedto form resilient arms both adapted to be slightly compressed upon being vforced through the eye of the button, shank,"a `reducedneck portion near the mid# dleof the bodkin for frictionally' retaining the button shank, one end of the bodkin being'bent off at` an angle to permit its being In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of a witness.

- CHARLES A. GOOZEY. Witness:

, HOWARD E. Barrow.

copieot this payent mayibhbtainegfor;ve cents'emh, by ddl'essing' thei Comm1ssoner of Patents.-

I i i Washington, Dgcy.

y f I swungy down out of line with the axis through the eye of the shank. 

